SPEAKER OF THE LOK SABHA

The office of the Loksabha Speaker was, the first time created in 1921 under the provisions of Montague Chemsford reforms 1919.The office was termed as President and Sir Frederick Whyte was nominated as the first President of the House in 1921.The office of speaker and deputy speaker are mentioned in article 93 of the constitution.

The  Speaker is elected by the members of  Lok sabha from among themselves in the first meeting of Lok sabha. He presides the sittings of lok sabha and controls its workings. Speaker and deputy speaker submit their resignation to each other.

Speakers of Lok Sabha
	Name	Term of office
1	Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar	May 15, 1952 – 27 February 1956
2	M.Ananthasayanam Ayyankar	March 8,1956 – May 10, 1957
3	M.Ananthasayanam Ayyankar	May 11,1957- April 16,1962
4	Sardar Hukam Singh	April 17,1962 –  March 16, 1967
5	Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy	March 17, 1967 –  July  19,1969
6	Gurdayal Sing Dhillion	August  8,1969 – March 17, 1971
7	Gurdayal Sing Dhillion	March 22, 1971 – December 1, 1975
8	Bal ram Bhagat	January 15,1976 – March 25,1977
9	Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy	March 26,1977- july 13,1977
10	K.S Hegde	July 21,1977 – January 21, 1980
11	Balram Jakkar	January 22,1980-january 15,1985
12	Balram Jakkar	January 16,1985-december 18, 1989
13	Rabi Ray	December 19,1989 – July 9,  1991
14	Shivaraj Patil	July 10,1991 – May 22,1996
15	P.A  Sangma	May 25,1996 – March 23,1998
16	G.M.C Balayogi	March 24, 1998-october 20,1999
17	G.M.C Balayogi	October 22, 1999-march 3,2002
18	Manohar Joshi	May 10,2002 – June 2, 2004
19	Somanath Chatterjee	June 4, 2004 – June 1, 2009
20	Meira kumar	June 3, 2009 –  Till date

• The first meeting of House of People  ( Lok Sabha ) is presided over by the Protem Speaker, who is generally the senior most member of the House. He is appointed by the president of India.

• The joint session of parliament is presided over by the speaker of lok sabha.

• The speaker has the right to exercise the casting vote in case of a tie, i.e., the equality of votes.

•  The question whether a particular bill is money bill or not decided by the speaker and his decision is   final.

•    Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar, fondly remembered as Dadasaheb Mavalankar on whom the title 'Father of the Lok  Sabha' was conferred by  Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru.

•     First Lok Sabha was constituted in 1952, Ayyangar was the unanimous choice to be its Deputy Speaker.

•     Huukum Sing, during his Speakership, for the first time in the history of the Lok Sabha, a Motionof   No-Confidence against the Council of Ministers was admitted and discussed in August 1963.

•     G.M.C Balayogi was the first speaker who died while his office.

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